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Activities: Tico Times
Cultural
Comparison
Worksheet
included!
Subject: Social Science
Grade Level: 5th-7th
Time: 2 30-minute periods
Objective: Students
will learn about a foreign culture by making connections to their
own set of cultural values, traditions, and personal experience.
Costa
Rican Travel Brochure
Worksheet included!
Subject: Geography/
Language Arts
Grade Level: 5th-7th
Time: 2 90-minute periods
Objective: Students
will better understand the Costa Rican culture and geography by
creating a travel brochure for a particular region of Costa Rica.
Tico
Times: The Newspaper Article
Subject: Language Arts
Grades: 3rd-6th
Objective: Students
will formulate questions for an interview of a local Costa Rican
and write answers based on information presented in the Tico Times.
My
Own Cultural Traditions
Worksheet included!
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 3rd-6th
Time: 45 minutes
Objective: Students
will understand what a cultural tradition is, how one is formed,
and what cultural events shape their personal lives. Students
will understand the importance of differences between different
cultural traditions by taking pride in their own family's traditions.
Make
a Rain Stick
Subject: Art/ Social
Studies
Grade Level: 3rd -
5th Grade
Time: 35 minutes
Objective: Students
will create a rain stick to mimic the sounds of the rainforest.
Write
Your Own Tico Times
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 3rd-6th
Time: 45 minutes
Objective: Students
will compose an expository narrative to teach others about their
lives. Student will then submit their essays to the Wilderness
Classroom for publication.
Change
of Perspective
Subject: Language Arts
Grade Level: 4th-7th
Time: 45 minutes
Objective: Students
will compose a narrative essay from a distant point of view by
using a secondary source to make inferences.
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